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LDC Future Forum 2025

MTAVARES1 — Tue, 01 Apr 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Tuesday, 01 April 2025 - 9:00am to Thursday, 03 April 2025 - 6:00pm

1-3 April 2025, Lusaka, Zambia.

"The primary objective of the Third LDC Future Forum is to convene policy-makers, researchers, the private sector, and other stakeholders to share concrete innovative solutions and practical policy recommendations aimed at enhancing the resilience of LDCs. This will contribute towards enabling LDCs to manage and adapt to both current and future systemic shocks. Emphasizing gender equality and the participation of women and girls in these discussions will be key to developing holistic and inclusive solutions."

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UNCDF and the BRIDGE Facility on “How To Fill The Gap With Loans And Guarantees In LDCs For Clean Energy, Climate And Women Empowerment Project”

MTAVARES1 — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Thursday, 02 June 2022 - 2:00pm

2 June 2022.

This event will showcase how loans and guarantees can help attract much-needed capital that can be used towards creating sustainable businesses that lead to structural transformation in LDCs, with a particular focus on unlocking financing for small- and medium-sized enterprises and small and medium-sized infrastructure projects. These projects lead to job opportunities, stimulate economic activity and sectoral transformation which are pathways towards Stockholm+50’s objective of a healthy planet for all. This can be seen in the results of both UNCDF initiatives: the Gambia’s solar power plants and the Portfolio guarantee in Papua New Guinea to support women owned MSMEs.

The event will bring together representatives from international organizations, LDC and donor / developed country governments, and private sector, to share experiences and perspectives on challenges and opportunities for how guarantees can most effectively be used to enable sustainable development pathways for LDCs towards achieving a healthy planet for all.

Information and registration here: Webinar Registration - Zoom

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LDCs in an "Accord for a Healthier World"

MTAVARES1 — Thu, 26 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000

26 May 2022. Pharmaceutical company Pfizer has launched an initiative called "An Accord for a Healthier World" whereby it has committed to provide its patent-protected medicines and vaccines available in the United States or European Union on a not-for-profit basis to 45 countries of the world's poorest countries and work with local officials to ensure regulatory, infrastructure, capacity and other aspects are addressed to ensure these products to reach those most in need . Thirty-eight of the 46 LDCs are considered in the accord, along with seven other countries that are not LDCs. Rwanda, Ghana, Malawi, Senegal and Uganda are the first five countries to commit to join the Accord.

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